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Rig Veda 8.8.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.8

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (explicit)
Devata: Aśvins

आ नो यातं दिवस्पर्यान्तरिक्षादधप्रिया । पुत्रः कण्वस्य वामिह सुषाव सोम्यं मधु ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.8.4

ā nó yātam divás pár y antárikṣād adha-priyā | putráḥ káṇvasya vām ihá suṣā́va sómyaṃ mádhu ||

请从天界、从中空而来,到我们这里,哦,爱祭献者!此处,迦ṇ婆(Kaṇva)之子已为你们榨取苏摩(Soma)的甘蜜;愿那可喜之味进入,并调正我们内在的流行。

hither, towards
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun stem)
यातम्come (you two)!
यातम्:
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) / yā ‘to go, come’
दिवःfrom heaven / of heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक) / div- ‘sky, heaven’
परिaround; forth
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / pari
अन्तरिक्षात्from the mid-air
अन्तरिक्षात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / antarikṣa ‘mid-air’
अधthen; moreover
अध:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय) / adha
प्रियाः(you) two dear ones
प्रियाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) / priya ‘dear, beloved’
पुत्रःthe son
पुत्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) / putra ‘son’
कण्वस्यof Kaṇva
कण्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeProper Noun
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक, ऋषिनाम) / Kaṇva
वाम्to you two / for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem) / yuṣmad
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय) / iha
सुषावhas pressed (Soma)
सुषाव:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसु + षु (धातु) / √su ‘to press (Soma)’
सोम्यम्soma-like; belonging to Soma
सोम्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसोम्य (प्रातिपदिक) < सोम / soma
मधुsweet drink; honey (mead)
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक) / madhu ‘sweet drink, honey’

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